Charlotte AutoFair --
produced and presented by the Hornets Nest Region, AACA -- is the largest and greatest
Collector Vehicle Event in the Southeast.
The Hornets Nest Region is a unit of the Antique Automobile Club of
America (AACA).
The Hornets Nest Region
established Charlotte AutoFair in April 1978 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The
Region has continued to develop Charlotte AutoFair as the premier AACA attraction
in the country. Charlotte AutoFair has
gained a worldwide reputation for being a well-organized, excellent
presentation of a collector vehicle event.
Success brought a second event -- the Fall Event -- beginning in 1990.
The second event originally took place in September -- and has now moved back to
September
beginning in 2012.
Now, each Spring (April) and Fall (September), the Hornets
Nest Region, AACA presents a four-day event which includes thousands of Vendors
selling collector vehicle parts, tires, glass, restoration supplies – offering
something for every enthusiast, no matter their particular field of interest. Each event includes a wide range of parts
vendors, collector car sales in the Car Corral, multiple car shows, a collector
car auction and other unusual attractions.
In the Spring, Charlotte AutoFair is so huge
with more than 10,000 Vendor spaces; it overflows outside the Speedway Infield
to encompass the Green Flea Market and Red Flea Market Fields. The Fall event, with more than 7,000
Vendor spaces, also began to overflow the Speedway Infield a couple of years
ago and now also includes a Green Flea Market Field.
In the Spring, the Car Corral on the main track oval includes more than 1,600 collector vehicles for sale. Also in the Spring, there is a Green Car Corral stretched out along the perimeter road at the base of the track – this area includes many more collector vehicles for sale. The Fall (September) event utilizes only the Track oval for the Car Corral. In addition, during both the Spring and Fall events, some hobbyists sell collector vehicles on their Flea Market spaces. The result is that generally, possibly 3,000 collector vehicles can be expected to be for sale in the Spring and possibly 2,000 in the Fall.
The Hornets Nest Region, AACA presents, at each event, an Antique Car
Show, judged by Antique Automobile Club of America standards. The Spring AACA NATIONAL Car Show attracts approximately
350
vehicles for judging. The Fall AACA Region
Car Show attracts approximately 250 vehicles for judging. The
term “Antique” presently (2012) includes vehicles manufactured in 1987 or earlier. All vehicles must be pre-registered.
In addition, there are more than
fifty other car clubs, which present their vehicles for display on
Saturday and Sunday at each event. All
vehicles must be pre-registered.
The two Speedway Garage areas are reserved for
special attractions and cars of special interest. Past attractions have included California Customs,
many other wild and crazy vehicles, and beautiful concept show cars from Ford - General
Motors - Chrysler.
